Chapter 169: There Are No Impermeable Walls
After this incident, Hong Xun's spirit completely collapsed, and he couldn't afford to get sick.
Shen Xi didn't tell Hui Niang and the others about Hong Xun's beating, but just went to the inn to visit him when he was out of school. Hong Xun has been languishing, Shen Xi was worried that something would happen to him, so he took his pulse every day, and personally dispensed the medicine, and then sent it to the inn to let the shopkeeper decoction medicine take for him.
Although Hong Xun was beaten because of Shen Xi's encouragement, Shen Xi felt that what he had done was benevolent and righteous, Hong Xun was in a foreign land, and now he suffered a blow in his life, and only Shen Xi could help him.
After more than ten days like this, Hong Xun's injuries were so good that he was stinking, but he still looked listless, staying in bed all day and not going out, and his whole person was a little stinky.
"This young master, do you think you have settled the house money and meal money of Gongzi Hong?"
On this day, Shen Xi came to see Hong Xun after school, but was stopped by the shopkeeper. The meaning of the store is very clear, Hong Xunlai does not leave the inn, not only does the room money not settle, but even eats and drinks for nothing. Although Hong Xun's hand was generous before, but now that the money has run out, the inn is not a good hall, and it needs to be opened for business.
Shen Xi inquired, Hong Xun owed the inn a total of more than four taels of silver, which was not something he could afford.
"Is it okay for me to come over tomorrow to settle the bill? I didn't bring any money today. Shen Xi wanted to delay it for a day and go back to talk to Hui Niang about it, but I thought Hui Niang wouldn't care. But the shopkeeper's face immediately turned cold: "No money? If you don't have any money, you can live in a firewood room, and when the money is delivered tomorrow, you will carry his luggage back to the guest room. Enter the subtitles at the website: Π½eΓ¬ Π£Π° ΠgΠ΅ Π‘ΠΎΠΌ to watch the new chapter
The shopkeeper was not polite, and went upstairs to carry Hong Xun's luggage in person, and asked Hong Xun to move to the firewood room to live.
Shen Xi went to the firewood room and took a look, there were chopped firewood piles all around, there was a bed in the corner on the side, there was not even a futon, and some thatch was spread casually, fortunately it was early summer, and it would not be too much of a problem for people to live.
"Young Master Hong, it seems that I want you to be wronged here." As soon as Shen Xi spoke, Hong Xun threw himself on the bed and "thought about it" against the wall.
Shen Xi shook his head helplessly, this flood is really too unambitious, but he was beaten and ridiculed, as if the sky had fallen. Even if Gao Chong's gang is arrogant, they will definitely not openly go to the pharmacy to rob people, isn't his "sister of the Xie family" good?
Shen Xi returned to the pharmacy, and there were surprisingly no customers in the pharmacy.
Zhou and Xie Yun'er sat behind the counter sorting medicinal herbs, the two women rarely had time to talk together, and the maids were drying the medicinal herbs in the backyard.
"Xiaolang, why did you come back so late from school these days?" Zhou frowned and looked at Shen Xi who slipped through the door, and asked with a straight face.
"Mother, isn't this summer, the days are long and the nights are short, you feel late, it's actually quite early." Zhou pondered this sentence in his heart, quickly recalled it, and scolded: "Bastard boy, you still want to fool your mother?" You should come back earlier and earlier every day, and look outside, the sun is about to set. β
Shen Xi hurriedly explained: "Isn't this Mr. Richang wanting to teach us more knowledge, is it late after school?" β
Zhou thought about it, and seemed to be logically fine, so he was relieved.
Shen Xi took the opportunity to run to the counter, wanting to see if he could go out with four taels of silver to pay for Hong Xun's room, but when he thought that the old lady was so tight with money, four taels of silver at a time, this crime might not fall on which maid's head, so it was better not to harm people.
Although the family has a lot of pocket money, Shen Xi is also quite useful, in addition to buying all kinds of books related to the imperial examination, he also has to quietly give Lin Dai and Lu Xi'er pocket money to buy snacks, so now he has a few hundred Wen in his hand. At present, he has no way to make money, even if he wants to make another fake painting and sell it, it will take more than ten days before and after, and by then, Hong Xun will probably starve to death on the streets.
Shen Xi decided to wait until he came back in the evening, discussed this matter with Hui Niang alone, and Hui Niang paid for it to send this flood away.
Thinking things through, Shen Xi sat at the counter and did his homework, and by the way, he could also listen to the conversation between Xie Yun'er and Zhou.
Zhou and Xie Yun'er were talking as if no one was talking, after four or five months of getting along, Xie Yun'er's relationship with Zhou and Hui Niang was extremely harmonious.
She is a woman who has to shoulder the burden of a family, and she also hopes to be cared for by others, and Hui Niang and Zhou are the kind of people who are honest and honest with their hearts, which makes Xie Yun'er find two confidant sisters, if there is anything inconvenient to tell her family, she will also use it to tell Zhou and Hui Niang.
ββ¦β¦ Sister, you are a reader, you know poetry, I don't understand, what's so good about this poetry...... In my opinion, as long as it's a word, it's almost the same, anyway, it knows me, I don't know it, so my sister takes it as a baby. β
Xie Yun'er and Zhou seemed to be talking about poetry, Xie Yun'er couldn't help but smile when she heard Zhou say this: "Sister, do you want my sister to read the content of the poem to you?" β
Zhou nodded: "Then my sister will read it, I think there is something good about this poem, so that my sister can keep talking to me." β
Xie Yun'er took out a neatly folded piece of paper from the medical book she was carrying, with Juanxiu's small characters written on it. Shen Xi stretched out his head and looked, because the counter was a little high, he couldn't see clearly if he didn't stand on the chair.
"Peach Blossom Nunnery in Peach Blossom Dock ......" As soon as Xie Yun'er read out a sentence, Shen Xi knew that this was the poem "Peach Blossom Nunnery" that he used to save Hong Turbidity. He didn't expect Xie Yun'er to like it, looking at her serious appearance when she read poetry, she should like things like poetry and songs.
After Shen Xi wrote this poem in public, it caused a sensation in Tingzhou Mansion, and literati and writers rushed to recite it, and even Xie Yun'er, who was diagnosing people in the pharmacy, could learn about it.
I guess she liked it so much that she even copied the whole text back to read it.
When she finished reading, Zhou bowed slightly: "This is the peach blossom tree again, and the peach blossom fairy, it's really tongue-twisting, but it sounds very pleasant, who wrote this poem?" β
Xie Yun'er smiled and shook her head: "Everyone in the city is rumored that it was written by a child, but they also said that the child also heard it, and the person who wrote this poem did not use his real name...... Lanling smiled, this name sounds quite poetic. β
Zhou didn't think anything of it, but Shen Xi was a little ridiculous.
Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, as a great writer of the Ming Dynasty, made a famous masterpiece like "Golden Vase Plum", and his achievements are not small, but in terms of facts, Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng is just a ******** writer, and he doesn't even dare to sign his name, for fear of affecting his reputation.
"Mother, I'm done with my homework, let's go to the backyard to play with Dai'er and Xi'er first." Shen Xi carried his schoolbag to the backyard.
"So fast? Forget it, go ahead, don't get dirty, don't eat snacks, and eat at night with your stomach saved......"
Zhou's nagging has a lot, she used to always like to count Shen Mingjun when there was no one, but now she and her husband are like glue, so she uses this nagging energy on the people around her.
When Hui Niang came back in the afternoon, Xie Yun'er had not left yet, but she saw that Hui Niang's face was a little gloomy: "I heard from the Chamber of Commerce today that I saw Hong Gongzi living in a firewood room in the inn, and when I asked, I learned that he was beaten a few days ago and fell seriously ill. β
Shen Xi didn't expect Hui Niang to be so well-informed, so she didn't have to discuss it privately now. Xie Yun'er stopped talking, and Zhou asked first, "What's going on?" β
Hui Niang sighed: "It is said that he lost his words after drinking, and he told the story of Yun'er's sister to a few officials in the city to know, but those people came to the pharmacy to make trouble, and he was angry when he heard about it, so he went to these people to theorize, and was beaten all over his body......
"Well deserved!" Xie Yun'er was indignant.
When it comes to a grievance entanglement between Xie Yun'er and Hong Xun, Hui Niang and Zhou are not easy to interject.
Hui Niang asked tentatively: "I'm going to go back and find someone to give him some silver and let him leave Tingzhou Mansion." Sister Yun'er wants to see him again? β
"A person like him doesn't know the hardships of the world, and he always thinks that it is easy to do anything, but now that he has gone to Tingzhou, he can always make him have a longer memory. I have nothing to do with him, and going to see him will only add to his imagination. This time, I have to bother my sister and spend all the expenses, but I will deduct it from my sister's monthly money and dividends, and I will never owe him anything to the Hong family in the future. β
Shen Xi felt that Xie Yun'er said that she could let go, but she might not really let go in her heart. Hui Niang also seemed to notice this, nodded and said, "Sister, don't go back today, stay in the pharmacy, and the three of us sisters will sit down and talk well at night...... Business has been bad lately, so let's talk about it. β
Xie Yun'er felt that her mental state was not very good, and her family would inevitably notice her mood swings when she went back, so she nodded.
Hui Niang immediately asked Xiu'er to go over to the Xie family to inform her.
While Hui Niang was settling accounts alone at the counter before dinner, Shen Xi jumped on the chair next to Hui Niang, so that she seemed to be taller than her: "Auntie, do you know why the pharmacy business has been bad recently?" β
Hui Niang looked sideways and smiled: "I don't know, you know?" β
"Hmm."
Shen Xi was a little indignant, "I heard that doctors inside and outside the city hate us for making medicine and robbing their business, and smear us behind our backs, saying that our medicine is not of good quality and is very expensive, and let those patients go elsewhere to grab medicine." β
"What!?"
Hui Niang was originally fiddling with the abacus, but when she heard Shen Xi's words, she couldn't help but stop, and asked in surprise: "Xiaolang, who did you listen to about this?" β
Shen Xi grinned: "Auntie, wasn't Gongzi Hong beaten that day?" I found someone to help him to see the bone-setting doctor, and the bone-setting doctor didn't know my identity, so he specially reminded him not to come to our pharmacy to buy medicine, and then I asked Han Wuye to go to other doctors in the city to pretend to see a doctor, and those doctors also said the same. I just realized that it wasn't one or two doctors who smeared us behind our backs. β
Hui Niang was shocked when she heard this, the pharmacy business has gradually cooled down these days, and she is looking for a reason.
The business of Lu's pharmacy is good, and it is the reputation of the pharmacy accumulated for a long time, but now the reputation is being wiped out by those doctors, because ordinary people are still very convinced by the doctor's words, once the people think that the medicine of Lu's pharmacy is not good, and the medicine is directly related to the patient's condition or even life and death, how dare they patronize?
"These people are too immoral, and we haven't offended them......"
Shen Xi smiled bitterly: "Haven't offended yet?" Let's just let these doctors can't get along, it's human nature that they smash other people's jobs, and people fight back. (To be continued.) )